Mounting for translating devices.



D. WOODHEAD. MOUNTING FOR TRANSLATJNG DEvlcEs. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 191]. v@0699 Patented June 11, 1918.

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D. WOODHEAD. MGUNTING FOR TRANSLATING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1917.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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DANIEL Wonrinn'n, or nvlinsroiv, ILLINOIS.

MOUTING FOR TRANSLATING DEVICES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Jun@ l I, 191%.

Application filed May 28, 1917. Serial No. 171,354.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL VVOODHEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Evanston, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mountings for Translating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mountings for `rand at night when the head boards are up.

According` to my invention, I provide a ventilat-in-g fan for each section and provide means whereby a ,single ian is made to serve either one lof two adjacent sections.

The advantage of 4this is ythat with but a `single fan to a 'ber-th, the breeze may always be made to come from the foot 'of the berth. It is common practice to makeup the 'berths in 'such manner that the occupant will always have his head toward the engine. In Vconsequence `of my invention, the AIan will always be -at the eet of the occupant and yet it fis necessary to provide but one Ian a''or each pair of berths. The contributory objects of the inventionfare to carry out the plan economically, simply, `and without marring the appearance of .the car or lessening the privacy in each section.

These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 4in which:

vFigure l is a `face view of a partition and `the adjoining .portions `atthe upper berth of drawn-on a lar-ger scale and shown-,partly in section to reveal the wiring, the mountings or' the panelwhich supports the fan, and the locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the panel. j

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5, Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a plan section of the lower trunnion and associated parts on the line 6 6, Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the lower trunnion and associated parts.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

In the form selected to illustrate the invention, a conventional sleeping car construction is shown. It ywill be sul'licient for the .present purpose to say that the car has an outer shell l and inner shell 2 at the roof and upper portion of the sides. Between `each section there is a partition consisting of a lined portion 3 and a removable parts Aiportion 4. It will be understood that the removable portion, commonly called `the head 'board is only used lat night, being removed and stowed .away in the daytime.

lNhile I have illustrated only the construc-` tion `of the upper berth it will be under` stood that `a similar construction may be repeated for the lower berth. The berth ,proper 5 is hinged to the side of the car and when lowered .is supported at each end by chains or cables 6.

The details for carrying out the invention `may be considerably varied, and `attention is called to copending application, SenNo. 172,592,1iled on the fourth day of June, 1917. In the form `here shown, the stationary portion `of the .partition has a circular aperture 8 into which fits a panel 9. This panel is rotatable about a `vertical axis and `has `an `upper trunnion l0 litting into a socket 11 .in the rxed part of the partition. The lower trunnion l2 is `in the Jform of a sleeve lpartially embedded in the panel, as best shown inFigs. 4 and 5. At the bottom, this sleeve projects into a `socket 13 countersunk `into the LfiXed `part 3 of the partition. By preference, an annular iange 114 is formed on the sleeve to constitute` a step bearing `or wearing plate to rotatably support the panel upon the partition. `The socket 13, being let into the partition from the surface thereof, facilitates assembly of the parts and also prevents the dismounting removing the fastening devices which hold the lower socket in place. The panel is prevented l'rom rotating more than 180 degrecs by means which, in the present case, are located in and lform part of the lower trunnion and are best understood by reerence to Fig. 6. 1n this case, a lug 16 is formed on the side of sleeve 12 and this engages a stop 17 formed in soclret 13.

The fan 2O is mounted on one face of the panel 9 and is supplied with electric current through conductors 21which lead in through the inner shell 2, thence through a conduit 22 embedded in the partition, as best shown in Figs. Il and 5. r1`hey pass thence through sleeve 12 up through the chambered panel and thence to the lian. As the rotation of the panel is limited to 180 degrees, or thereabout, no sliding contacts are necessary and the supply conductors `themselves lead from the immovable to the movable parts without danger of damage. 1t will be obvious that by rotating the panel, the fan may be made to deliver into either one of the two adjacent sections.

1n order to malte it impossible to rotate the panel when the berths are made up, 1 have provided automatic locking means which are inaccessible from either berth. These means are best shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4. A locking rod 25 is slidingly mounted in a tube 2G embedded within the stationary part 3 of the partition. The inner end of this rod is capable of entering into either one of the sockets 27 formed in the edges of the panel 9. A spring 28 normally holds this locking rod in non-opera tive position, so that the panel may be rotated. But the head board fl or movable part of the partition is provided with a stud 29, which, when the head board is in position, enters the tube 26 and forces the head 30 of the rod inward, thus holding the rod in acting position. Consequently, the panel cannot be released without removing the head board. During the day time the locking rod may be held in acting position by the pin 31 which slides in the slot 32 formed in the side of the partition, as shown in Fig. 4L. Slot 32 has a suitable lateral notch (not shown) at the inner end, for retaining pin 31.

In operation, when the porter is ready to make up the berths, he decides where the head of the occupant will lie. He then turns the panel 9 so that the fan will be exposed at the foot end of the berth. As' soon as he positions the head board il, the panel will become securely locked in place and it will remain locked until the head board is removed. The panel, as it coma fan available for each berth 'and the fan may always be located at the foot of the occupant and yet, except for the end berths in the car, the number of fans does not exceed the number of berths. The wiring is all blind, that, is invisible, and there are no sliding contacts to 'form a source of trouble. The appearance of the car is not detracted from and the security and privacy of each berth is not interfered with.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, a partition having an aperture in it, a at imperforate panel closely tting said aperture and capable of facing either way, and an electric translating device mounted wholly on one side of said panel whereby the translating device may exert its effect 1n either direction from the partition and vision `through the aperture will be totally cut oft'.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a partition having an opening within its bor ders, a flat panel closely tting said opening and pivoted on trunnions centrally located with respect to the panel whereby it may be rotated 180 degrees so as to lie flat with the partition and tace either way, the panel being adapted to cut oil vision through the opening, and an electric translating device mounted wholly on one side of said panel for the purpose described.

3. 1n apparatus of the class described, a partition having an opening within its borders, a flat panel closely fitting said opening and pivoted on trunnions centrally located with respect to the panel whereby it may be rotated 180 degrees so as to lie flat with the partition and face either way, `the panel `being adapted to cut od vision through the opening, and an electric translating device mounted wholly on one side of said panel for the purpose described, one pair of trunnions being hollow and having the electric conductors passing up through it whereby the translating device may be energized when the panel is in either of its positions flush with the partition.

47. In apparatus of the class described, a partition having a fixed and a removable portion arranged in the same plane, the fixed portion having an aperture in it, a panel mounted in said aperture and being reversible through 180 degrees and being imperforate to thereby exclude vision through the partition when facing either way and lying in the plane of the partition, an electric translating device mounted wholly upon one side of the panel,and locking means operated by the removable portion of the partition for locking the panel in either one of its positions Hush with the partition.

5. In. a passenger car, in combination, a partition between sections, said partition having a hole in it, a panel closing said hole, an electric translating device mounted on one side only of said panel, trunnions connecting the panel with the partition, and electric conductors passing through one of said trunnions to energize said translating device, whereby the panel may be reversed without disturbing the electric wiring.

6. A passenger car having partitions be tween the sections, the partition having a fixed and a removable portion, one of said portions having an aperture passing through it, an electric translating device, a support for said device, said support being movably mounted in said aperture, and means operated by the removable portion of said partition for locking said support against movement.

7. A passenger car having partitions between the sections, the partition having a fixed and a removable portion, the xed portion having a hole extending through it, a Ventilating fan, a support for said fan mounted in the hole and being movable to present the fan at one side or the other of the partition, and means operated by the removable portion of the partition for locking said support against movement.

8. A passenger car having partitions between the sections, the partition having a fixed and a removable portion, the xed portion having an aperture, a fan, a support for closing said aperture, said support being rotatable to present the fan toward one or the other of the sections, a locking device in the fixed portion of' the partition for preventing rotation of the support, said locking means being normally non-operative, and means operated by the removable portion of' the partition for holding the locking means in operating condition.

9. A passenger car having partitions between the sections, the partition having a fixed and a removable portion, the fixed portion having an aperture, a fan, a support for closing said aperture, said support being rotatable to present the fan toward one or the other of the sections, a locking rod mounted in the fixed portion of the partition for preventing rotation of the support, a spring for normally holding said rod out of engagement with the support, and means operated by the removable portion of the support for holding said rod in engagement with the support.

l0. A passenger car having partitions between sections, each partition having an aperture, a panel in the plane of the parti-v tion, said panel filling the aperture in the partition, an electric fan on one side of said panel, trunnions for rotatably supporting said panel, one of said trunnions being hollow, and electric conductors passing through the hollow trunnion to the fan for energizing it.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DANIEL WO ODHEAD.

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